The Times Union’s underlying premise that Wormuth used her position to get a sweetheart deal is flat out wrong. This property has been zoned commercial since the day she bought it, all the way back in 1993. To appraise it as residential property is like comparing apples to oranges, and to suggest that she used her public position to increase its value is tantamount to accusing her of being a time traveler.

Either the TU hasn’t done their homework, or they’ve conveniently overlooked this fact in order to do a hatchet job on an elected official they don’t like. Isn’t it true that the reporter who wrote this story has an axe to grind with the town? Isn’t it also true that Wormuth’s opponent last year, Deanna Stephenson, has been FOILing every document in sight in an effort to find fodder for next year’s campaign? Those facts alone seem to meet the TU’s burden of proof for publishing accusations of collusion.